• Submitted by: Luis Manuel Mazorra
• Sports
• 02 / 27 / 2012

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On 23 February was a good day for the Cuban athletics thanks to the young athletes of the island found in the indoor XL-Galan in Stockholm.

Cuba was presented with six athletes in the battle and their actions showed a balance of a first, two seconds and a creditable third place in the most spectacular evidence of the Swedish night.

The duel of the day at the track was provided by Dayron Robles and Liu Xiang in the short hurdles. Both hurdlers drag a historic rivalry was fueled last week when AVIVA Grand Prix, the Asian category defeat to ours with personal best of 7.41s and the 60mH.

However, this time the Lord of Guaso took revenge and crowned with a time of 7.66s before Liu Xiang disqualified for false exit. Dayron is said to finish the race suffering from a "pull" muscle, hence the discrete time, which, though it ranks among the best brands of the year becomes important because it is a victory that comes to reassure the Cubans and to stir even more tensions between the two runners are built for many, the most complete in this mode.

The young Orlando Ortega seconded Dayron and took the second with a time of 7.68s. In terms of jumps Yargelis Savigne was second with 14.47m, her best record this season. The Cuban bowed to the monarch of the world of Daegu, Saladukha Olga, who was stretched to the 14.79m to impose record for the area and his best for life.

The result confirms the excellent way that is acquiring the Ukrainian, ranked among the best in the world today. The third Indian in the afternoon went to the account of the pole vaulter Yarisley Silva, again improving the national register and the Central American region to exceed 4.72m.

The hopping sequence began in 4.42me Yarisley included 14 trials, only 4 of them positive, beating all heights in its third opportunity - but it jumped to 4.52 second and 4.82-master did not this same Knights Dailis test ended his foray into 4.42my stood at the gates of his world ranking and Olympic set at 4.52 which has been totally elusive in their European incursions. Lesyani Mayor, the last of the Cubans in battle, staged a modest performance in the high jump. His best result was 1.80 to finish last in the standings.